List of mayors of Kharkiv

Mayor of Kharkiv
File:Kharkiv-town-flag.svg Flag of the City of Kharkiv
File:Ihor Terekhov 2020 - 04.jpg Incumbent Ihor Terekhov since 17 December 2020
Seat	Kharkiv City Council
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Yevhen Kushnaryov
Formation	15 May 1990
Website	Website of the Kharkiv mayor

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine. It includes positions equivalent to mayor, such as chairperson of the Kharkiv City Council's executive committee.

Mayors

Before 1918

No.	Image	Name	In office
1	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Hukovsky Pavlo	1767 — 1768
2	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Afanasyev Fedor	1768 — 1778
3	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Artyukhov Petro Ivanovych	1778 — 1784
4	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Karpov Artemiy	1784 — 1789
5	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Pavlov Alexander	1790 — 1791
6	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Tambovtsev Alexei	1791 — 1793
7	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Anikeev Andrey	1793 — 1796
8	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Butenko (Butenkov) Mykhailo	1796 — 1799
9	File:Урюпин Егор.гор.голова с 1799 посажен губ.Артаковым сум.дом.jpg	Uryupin Yegor Egorovich	1799 — 1805
10	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Anikeev Andrey	1805 — 1808
11	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Karpov Fedot Dorofiyovych	1808 — 1811
12	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Lamakin Vasyl Mykhailovych	1811 — 1823
13	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Krivorotov Grigory	1823 — 1828
14	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Motuzkov Anton	1829 — 1834
15	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Kovalev Dmitry	1834 — 1837
16	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Karpov Serhiy Fedotovych	1838
17	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Fedor Vasilyevich Bazylevsky	1838 — 1839
18	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Klimov Andrey Pavlovich	1839 — 1840
19	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Mikhail Petrovich Kotlyarov	1841
20	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Grinchenko (Grinchenkov) Gabriel	1841 — 1843
21	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Rudakov Fedor Mikhailovich	1844 — 1846
22	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Kotlyarov Mikhail Petrovich	1846 — 1847
23	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Ryzhov Ivan Ivanovich	1847 — 1849
24	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Rudakov Alexei Mikhailovich	1850 — 1852
25	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Kostyurin Serhiy Kindratovych	1852 — 1858
26	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Severin Alexander Matviyovych	1859 — 1861
27	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Skrynnyk Oleksiy Oleksandrovych	1861 — 1867
28	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Shatunov Mykola Dmytrovych	1867 — 1870
29	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Gordienko Yegor Stepanovych	1871 — 1873
30	File:Герб Харькова основной исторический.png	Chepelkin Alexei Dmitrievich	1874 — 1875
31	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1878.svg	Kovalev Alexander Yevgenyevich	1875 — 1884
32	File:Ivan Fesenko.jpg	Fesenko Ivan Yosypovych	1884 — 1891
33	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Shchelkov Vladimir Petrovich	1892 — 1893
34	File:Голенищев-Кутузов Іван Тимофійович.jpg	Ivan Golenishchev-Kutuzov	1893 — 1900
35	File:Alexander Konst. Pogorelko.jpg	Pogorilko Alexander Konstantinovich	1900 — 1912
36	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Budberg Roman Yuliyovych	1913
37	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Dorofeev Mykola Yevdokymovych	1913 — 1914
38	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Ivan Mykhailovych Bych-Lubensky	1914
39	File:Bagalei DI.jpg	Dmytro Bahalii	1914 — 1917
40	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Stefanovych Serhiy Hryhorovych	1917 — 1918

As part of the independent Ukrainian state, 1918

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Stefanovych Serhiy Hryhorovych	1917	1918	Socialist Revolutionary Party
2	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Aga-Bekov V.A.	19 December 1918	1919

Under the control of the Armed Forces of South Russia, 1919

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	File:Nikolai N. Saltikov.jpg	Saltykov Nikolai Nikolaevich	October 1919	December 1919	Constitutional Democratic Party

Soviet period

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Lazko Mykhailo Mykolayovych	1917	1917	Communist Party
2	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Svetlov Ivan Ivanovich	1917	1917
3	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Kin Pavlo Andriyovych	1917	1919
4	File:Fyodor Sergeyev.JPG	Fyodor Sergeyev (Artyom)	1917	1917
5	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Buzdalin Serhiy Feoktistovych	1917	1918
6	File:Костянтин Гулий 1927.jpg	Guly Kostiantyn Makarovych	1918	1918
7	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Tyshkov Semyon Yakovlevich	1919	1919
8	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Ivanov Alexei Nikolaevich	1920	1920
9	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Boris Volin	1920	1920
10	File:Ivanov AV Soc Kiev 1937 10 p07.jpg	Andriy Ivanov	1920	1920
11	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Vasiliy Averin	1921	1921
12	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Kuznetsov Stepan Matviyovych	1921	1923
13	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Fedotov Konstantin Yakovlevich	1923	1925
14	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Chernukha Oleksiy Danylovych	1925	1925
15	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Gavrilin Ivan Dmytrovych	1926	1927
16	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Kozhukhov Ivan Krystanovych	1927	1929
17	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Borodai Hryhoriy Mykhailovych	1929	1930
18	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Sidorov Alexander Andreevich	1930	1932
19	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Kuzoyatov Fedor Petrovich	1932	1933
20	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Shelehes Ilya Saveliyovych	1933	1934
21	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Saratykov Samuil Bezhanovich	1934	1935
22	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Bogutsky Volodymyr Nykyforovych	1935	1937
23	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Gress Andriy Ivanovych	1937	1937
24	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Tkachenko Marko Kindratovich	1937	1937
25	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Klochko Petro Serhiiovych	1937	1937
26	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Bobrov Ivan Ivanovich	1937	1939
27	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Selivanov Alexander Gnatovych	1940	1948
Military commandant and Ober-Burgomaster of Kharkov during the German occupation 1941-1943
1	File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1987-136-07, Erwin Vierow.jpg	Erwin Vierow	24 October 1941	3 December 1941	Nazi Party
2	File:1943KharkovHerbOccupation.jpg	Alfred von Puttkamer	3 December 1941	9 February 1942
3	File:1943KharkovHerbOccupation.jpg	Colonels Landenbach and Loevenich	9 February 1942	20 April 1942
4	File:1943KharkovHerbOccupation.jpg	Wolfgang Schmidt-Logan	20 April 1942	October 1942
5	File:1943KharkovHerbOccupation.jpg	Kramarenko Oleksiy Ivanovich	October 1941	August 1942	Ukrainian National Committee
6	File:1943KharkovHerbOccupation.jpg	Semenenko Oleksandr Platonovych	1942	15 March 1943
7	File:1943KharkovHerbOccupation.jpg	Kozakiewicz Pavlo Pavlovych	15 March 1943	30 April 1943
—	File:Reichsadler Deutsches Reich (1935–1945).svg	Military Administration	30 April 1943	23 August 1943	Nazi Party
After the German occupation
27	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Selivanov Alexander Gnatovych	1940	1948	Communist Party
28	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Sachko Petro Petrovich	1948	1950
29	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Koptev Anatoliy Panasovych	1950	1953
30	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Bulgakov Alexander Alexandrovich	1953	1953
31	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Mykhailyk Oleksiy Fedosiiovych	1953	1960
32	File:Coat of arms of Kharkov Governorate 1887.svg	Fedorenko Konstantin Grigorovich	1960	1961
33	File:Kharkov gerb 1970th.gif	Vlasenko Georgy Yukhimovich	1961	1969
34	File:Kharkov gerb 1970th.gif	Gurovy Yuriy Andriyovych	1969	1976
35	File:Kharkov gerb 1970th.gif	Matyushenko Yuriy Yeliseyovych	1976	1980
36	File:Kharkov gerb 1970th.gif	Vedernikov Valentyn Vadymovych	1980	1984
37	File:Kharkov gerb 1970th.gif	Obrevko Volodymyr Volodymyrovych	1984	1985
38	File:Kharkov gerb 1970th.gif	Reznichenko Anatoliy Serhiyovych	1985	6 August 1985
39	File:Kharkov gerb 1970th.gif	Sokolovsky Stepan Mykolayovych	6 August 1985	6 April 1990
40	File:Е. П. Кушнарёв.jpg	Yevhen Kushnaryov	6 April 1990	April 1998	Independent

Independent Ukraine, after 1991

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	File:Е. П. Кушнарёв.jpg	Yevhen Kushnaryov	6 April 1990	April 1998	Independent
					People's Democratic Party
2	File:Coat of arms of Kharkiv.svg	Mykhaylo Pylypchuk	April 1998	21 March 2002	Independent
3	File:Coat of arms of Kharkiv.svg	Volodymyr Shumilkin	21 March 2002	26 March 2006	Independent
4	File:Dobkin01.jpg	Mykhailo Dobkin	26 March 2006	18 March 2010	Party of Regions
5	File:Кернес Геннадий.jpg	Hennadiy Kernes	24 November 2010	17 December 2020
					Revival
					Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv
6	File:Ihor Terekhov 2020 - 04.jpg	Ihor Terekhov	11 November 2021	Incumbent

Latest election

Main article: 2021 Kharkiv mayoral election

Summary of the 31 October 2021 Kharkiv mayoral election results

Candidate		Party		Votes	%
	Ihor Terekhov	Kernes Bloc — Successful Kharkiv		146,240	50,66
	Mykhailo Dobkin		Independent	82,008	28,41
	Oleksandr Skoryk		European Solidarity	15,462	5,36
	Konstantin Nemychev		Independent	12,258	4,25
Total				288,654	100,00

See also

• Timeline of Kharkiv

References

This article incorporates information from the Ukrainian Wikipedia.